Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-11-09
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Il ZEE IN your pspsE this mornina
thai yea quote J. !. MsEanRhA q ny-
ina be o0ald hare purchased he Col
man heck. ca Front street, q fsw ysarn
eco for 81. ooo, snd mentioned BE WaG
lleReine TIE eat bsoanse he had not
done q" said pEorninant cd scltlor,
ysGteRday. Il Do not aoEbt thai evegy
word u that artinie wAs tgae, but there
are some addilional facts onnneoted
with that property whiah might Be Of
inasEast % yo1R readers. They are. 90
nnmnmhaR fhszn, about e. foIlow1s Ihe
block n question II On the weaf elde of
Front street, bounded CO he north b.
MaFfon street. on che sonkh BY Oolum-
hia gfraot, ca fhs east b. Fkons street,
ana % ne wesf b 81 ersation. Whai
mean hy al eEeation Il, the block be-
ing entirely in the water tie wegl boun-
dairy line has never hssn eenneo. AZ I
understand q, tbs late. Charles o. Terry
bought the property from the original
patentss. do not know sha consider
alton, bat
II Vas NNnKEH eoN0s
He left Il 10 bis heirs, and n 1873
wheR everybody In Seattle vas doing
BomethimR 30 aid In the construction Of
The 6Fst section Of the Seattle and
WalIR Walla railroad, The Terry estate
took 5000 worth Of steek IN the con-
pany and termed thfa bleak In ae Q val
uafion q e1B00. II 1873 che company
GOT cEampe0 for mou1y, ond eE1egod
this property nold e ens1ion. Jamea
II. Oolunan at that time wAs Kunnina
the Yeaiar mill. and be and Mr.. YesieE
we're involved "a 3 eontEeIo1gy ever the
matter, ana vhen this bi0ok onme On 70
be sold, Mr.. Ooiman deteEmined 70 par
chase Il 90 that II be wa8 compelled 20
property on the water front on which
20 build another mill. Certain PARTIES
found ahis oct and de4eEmined 70 run
the price 40 on Mr.. Goldman. Bidding
wa spirited and Mr.. Oolms0'B agent
would sse the other fellows bad and 20
aim 3 hundred dollars better every
time. untilAh pEioe was run up 70
KI0H1 xM0uuAnD. szx HuNDzxD DoEx.Ans.
When everybody sfo0d from under aud
the property was knocked d0wn % Mr..
OoIman. In the meantime Mr.. O0lmAn
bad been putting large sums Of massey
and large quantities of material into
the Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad,
aud Q little later, when the YealeF mill
wnn burned, Mr.. Oolman YES Ia no
nnGncial conaition 70 build . mill On
The block be had purchased for thas
puFposs. and 90 be aaVs the ldsa 1p,
and buils snail mill on the line Of the
EaiIroads
TEE orr cosTmuED 10 oaoW,
And few years ago Mr.. oolaan con-
q row % wooden baiioinRg
along Front street, on tha east side Of
bis block. Those buildings have all
been constantly occupied ct 9 good rem
tai. Tbs rear portion Of the block was
whaTfed over and number Of shops,
warehouses, coal bankers and other
structures erected thereon. A few days
ago MR. GILMAN refused 500 per front
foot foR the east half Of bis block. Had
be accepted The oiIer, be would have re-
ceived elll,000 for one-half Of what
less than ten years ego cost him $500.
In the face o. these facts yoH cannot
blame Mr.. MeNaught for kicking him
self for not buying that property "a
81, 900 when be had . chance.